#5352 - Sesech Stage Stop, Sesech, ID - 8/23/23

Secesh State Stop, Secesh, Idaho

Secesh (“see-sesh”) Idaho was named for “secession,” at a time in the 1860s when southern miners dominated the area, sending part of their earnings north to Lewiston and around South America to New Orleans to help the cause. They gave names to places like “Confederate Gulch,” “Richmond,” and the “Secesh River,” while a few miles away Union supporters established “Washington” (now “Warren”).

The Secesh Stage Stop Bar and Grill seems to pop out of nowhere now, built here just across Warren Wagon Road from where Jack and Ethel Fernan built a home and stage stop in 1920. Three friends purchased the place from Kevin and Cheri Comstock in September of 2020, have upgraded it, and are currently working on an expansion. In addition to grub and a choice of canned beers with 4 nice local craft brews on tap, the Stage Stop offers services like small rental cabins and gasoline. They are open Summer, Winter ("27-mile ride from the Francis Wallace parking lot by snowmobile"), and Fall, but inaccessible in mud season ("approximately mid-April through the end of May").

Secesh Stage Stop, Secesh, Idaho

Like a number of bars I’ve seen before, the Stage Stop ceiling and walls are covered in $1 bills with the names of various visitors. UNLIKE anything I’ve seen before, it’s burl wood posts are filled with coins hammered into every crevice. (I think I've seen this once or twice online, but never before in person, even after visiting over 5,000 bars.)

24728 Warren Wagon Rd, McCall, ID 83638 - (208) 636-4498
Previous bars in this location: None known 
Web site: seceshstagestop.com - facebook - instagram 
Reviews: onlyinyourstate - simplymccall (video) - yelp - tripadvisor